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Just a bag of nuts

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October 14th 2010
I’m standing in front of the nuts at the farmers market. There is sacks and sacks full of a wide variety of nuts. I am wanting to buy less than a kilo of nuts that look like Cheetos. However, the vendor doesn’t understand. No English. I know how to say I need coffee and beer in Turkish and the basic numbers, but that’s it. I don’t have to a clue to ask for just a small bag of orange, puffy ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more